A gathering of rivers : Indians, Metis, and mining in the Western Great Lakes, 1737-1832 / Lucy Eldersveld Murphy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murphy, Lucy Eldersveld, 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Winnebago Indians--Economic conditions--18th century.

Winnebago Indians.

Fox Indians--Economic conditions--18th century.

Fox Indians.

Sauk Indians (Algonquian)--Economic conditions--18th century.

Sauk Indians (Algonquian).

Métis--Great Lakes Region.

Métis.

Great Lakes Region (North America)--Ethnic relations.

Great Lakes Region (North America).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In A Gathering of Rivers, Lucy Eldersveld Murphy traces the histories of Indian, multiracial, and mining communities in the western Great Lakes region during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. For a century the Winnebagos (Ho-Chunks), Mesquakies (Fox), and Sauks successfully confronted waves of French and British immigration by diversifying their economies and commercializing lead mining.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Illustrations

Maps

Tables

Acknowledgments

WhoIs Who in the Fox, Wisconsin Region

Introduction

Part One: The Fur Trade and the Creation of Accommodation

Native American Village Economies and the Fur Trade in the Mid-Eighteenth Century

Creole Communities

Part Two: Lead Mining: Adaptation and Conflict

The Expansion of Native American Lead Mining

The Lead Rush

Part Three: Adaptation and Removal

Indian Economic Development, Settlers, and the Erosion of Accommodation

Conclusion

Epilogue

A Note on Sources

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-225) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-37417-9

9786610374175

0-8032-0294-6

OCLC:

50753856